Black Mountain
Black Mountain rises to 1,032 m in Virginia. High Knob stands 1,288 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Halls Butt, a peak 3.5 miles away. Pine Mountain Road passes 2.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49013858, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,032 m
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the Pine Mountain Road
- 4.2 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 8.8 mi off the Country Music Highway, National
- 18.8 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Flag Rock Overlook · 13 mi
- Twin Cliffs Overlook · 15 mi
- Powell Mountain Overlook · 19 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Halls Butt: 3.5 mi
- Black Mountain: 5.8 mi
- The Doubles: 5.8 mi
- Potato Hill: 7.4 mi
- Indian Hill: 8.7 mi
- Miner's Memorial Park: 6.2 mi
- Coal Miners Memorial Park: 6.3 mi
- Island Park: 6.6 mi
- Washington Rock Recreation Area: 7.6 mi
- Kingdom Come State Park: 7.8 mi
- Portal 31 Mine Tour: 4.5 mi
- Kentucky Coal Mining Museum: 6.3 mi
- Harry W. Meador Coal Museum: 9.0 mi
- June Tolliver House: 9.1 mi
- Southwest Virginia Museum: 9.2 mi
- Highest Point in Kentucky: 5.8 mi
- Old Meade Homeplace: 15.4 mi
- Wise County: 16.3 mi
- Pound Gap: 16.4 mi
- Leonard Woods Lynched: 16.4 mi
- Hensley-Pine Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 4.7 mi
- High Knob Recreation Area: 14.2 mi
- E. Lucy Braun State Park State Nature Preserve: 14.6 mi
- Stone Mountain Natural Area: 23.6 mi
- War memorial Honor Roll: 9.1 mi
- Woodbooger Statue: 12.7 mi
- Statue of Thomas Jefferson: 15.5 mi
- Betty J. Gilliam Sculpture Garden: 15.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Black Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Knob | ESE 119° | 1,288 m | 13.4 mi |
| Black Mountain | SSW 210° | 1,259 m | 5.8 mi |
| The Doubles | SSW 200° | 1,247 m | 5.8 mi |
| Eagle Knob | ESE 117° | 1,196 m | 14.5 mi |
| Camp Rock | ESE 120° | 1,188 m | 14.4 mi |
| Little Mountain | ESE 123° | 1,130 m | 13.6 mi |
| Potato Hill | SSW 200° | 1,123 m | 7.4 mi |
| MCD 173 | WSW 237° | 1,096 m | 15.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:09 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:16 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:38 | 17:19 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 38 | 45 | 54 | 62 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitesburg 2SE, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358614782
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